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Credit Rebecca Green / WBOI News Three new COVID-19 deaths were reported in northeast Indiana on Friday, bringing the total of area residents killed by the virus to 1,426. There were 100 new cases reported Friday, according to the Indiana Department of Health. The highest number of those infected with COVID-19 around Indiana remain those between ages 20-29. In northeast Indiana, the percentages are largely spread evenly between those ages 0 to 59, with the greatest increase seen in recent days ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Vaccine demand both locally and across the state continued to fade this week, but numbers may see a boost next week as adolescents 12-15 years old can now start receiving vaccines. But prior to the state opening vaccines to those youngsters on Thursday, Indiana has continued to see declining vaccination numbers as the state has served most of the people who were eager to get their shots. The remainder — more than half of the state population and even higher percentages ...

LAGRANGE — A LaGrange woman is in jail after police said they found more than a pound of methamphetamine in her home Monday afternoon.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana is preparing to start distributing COVID-19 vaccines to Hoosiers age 12-15, starting as soon as today.

Credit Screenshot of the Indiana Department of Health As COVID-19 vaccinations are made available to Hoosiers ages 12 to 17, positivity rates continue to slip back down. No deaths were reported in northeast Indiana on Thursday, and only five statewide, according to the Indiana Department of Health.   There were 96 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the region Thursday, with 46 of those in Allen County.   LaGrange County’s vaccination rate continues to lag behind the rest of the region, and c...

Two more deaths due to COVID-19 were reported in northeast Indiana on Tuesday, in Allen and Noble counties.

The Northeast Indiana soil and water conservation districts of DeKalb, LaGrange, Steuben and Whitley Counties are offering conservation day camp programs to give youths ages 9-13 an opportunity to explore

INDIANAPOLIS — Steuben County remains one of Indiana’s hardest hit by COVID-19 recently, but other parts of the four-county area have shown some improvement in this week’s statewide ratings.

LAGRANGE — A LaGrange County man will be spending the next 20 years in an Indiana prison after he was sentenced Monday to a single charge of child molesting, a Level 1 felony. Robert Hoff, 35, of 3900 block of North C.R. 200E, LaGrange, formerly of Wolcottville, was arrested last May along with his wife, Mandy Hoff, and charged with one count of child molesting and one count of incest. The pair was accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old child. Police said they believe Hoff had been mole...

Credit Photo Illustration by WBOI Northeast Indiana’s 7-day positivity rate for COVID-19 stands at 5.9 percent Monday, the same as it was on Friday.   The number of deaths, new cases, and individuals tested continues to drop off dramatically, even as the positivity rate hovers above 5 percent, according to the Indiana Department of Health.   Meanwhile, the vaccination average for northeast Indiana counties, population of residents ages 16 and older is over 33 percent.       Vaccine hesit...